Thanks.  The tape drives in question are connected to and zoned for Unix
Storage Nodes.  Would the RSM on a windows client leave anything in the
logs that a signal was sent to Unix tape drives?

Robert Maiello
Pioneer Data Systems


On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:19:45 -0500, Teresa Biehler <tpbsys AT RIT DOT EDU> 
wrote:

>Also, if you have a Windows box that is zoned to see the tape drives,
>the Removable Storage Service should be disabled.  This service will
>occasionally request a status from the drive and, if it is found in an
>unexpected state (like when another system is writing), it will send a
>signal to rewind the tape.
>
>-Teresa
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
>On Behalf Of Davina Treiber
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 5:15 AM
>To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: [Networker] SCSI bus resets rewind tape in SAN?
>
>Darren Dunham wrote:
>
>>>Has anyone had a problem where a scsi bus reset rewound the drive
>without
>>>Networker's knowledge?   Any logs or ways to trace this?
>>
>>
>> I have no evidence that "scsi bus resets" or anything else in
>particular
>> was the cause, but I have seen tape corruption of older versions of
>> networker that appeared to be caused by unexpected rewinds.
>>
>
>Some SAN hardware using certain older firmware versions suffered from a
>problem where the type of SCSI resets sent was particularly destructive
>in this sense. The solution was to upgrade to firmware versions that did
>not send TPRLO resets.
>
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